Posted on 11/14/2006 9:21:44 PM PST by Zakeet
House Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi's endorsement of Rep. John Murtha for majority leader, the No. 2 position in the Democratic leaderhsip, has roiled her caucus. "She will ensure that they [Mr. Murtha and his allies] win. This is hardball politics," Rep. Jim Moran, a top Murtha ally, told the Hill, a congressional newspaper. "We are entering an era where when the speaker instructs you what to do, you do it."
But several members are privately aghast that Mr. Murtha, a pork-barreling opponent of most House ethics reforms, could become the second most visible symbol of the new Democratic rule. "We are supposed to change business as usual, not put the fox in charge of the henhouse," one Democratic member told me. "It's not just the Abscam scandal of the 1980s that he barely dodged, he's a disaster waiting to happen because of his current behavior," another told me.
As for Abscam, a recent book by George Crile, a producer for CBS's "60 Minutes," provides damning evidence that Mr. Murtha escaped severe punishment for his role in the scandal only because then-Speaker Tip O'Neill arranged for the House Ethics Committee to drop the charges, over the objections of the committee's outside prosecutor. The prosecutor quickly resigned in protest.
Outside observers are equally aghast that Mr. Murtha could win tomorrow's election.
(Excerpt) Read more at opinionjournal.com ...
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What kind of people would take orders from the likes of Nancy Pelosi?
Doesn't Nancy Pelosi come from some Mafia family? So, she and Murtha must be soul mates.....
This stuff cracks me up!!!
Bump for the new congressional leadership....may they give Americans more reason to vote Republican next time.
Ms. Pelosi"s endorsement of Rep. Murtha, one of the most unethical members of Congress, show that she may have prioritized ethics reform merely to win votes with no real commitment to changing the culture of corruption."
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Gee, no kidding. They are the culture of corruption.
The American people are about to see what they voted into Congress
It just shows to go ya that the only ones stupider than the Dhimmicrat pols are the fools that vote for 'em...
Imagine this creature in the WH?
LOL...I was on another thread this evening, that was about Mel Martinez...and we were debating whether he will be a good RNC Chairman.
I posted that I am thinking that after 2 years of impeachment hearings...and the kind of crapola that the dems are gonna pull (which they have already started in the Senate)....conservatives and Republicans will be bombarding the voting booths in 2008!!!
Ah, yes, the Fuehrerprinzip.
bttt
It's gonna get ugly.
Where's my popcorn?
According to Pelosi - "The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history,"
Yep, uh huh, that Nancy is such a kidder.
I was reading the wsj article and was amazed at how they are trashing him. Talk about eating your own. Wonder how he will respond. This may be a lot of fun!
Excellent piece by John Fund, thanks for posting and thanks for the ping, sleuth.
Last night, on Hardball...Matthews had on 2 dems reps..and they were fighting over Hoyer vs. Murtha...
That was one time I enjoyed watching his show...I hope they keep it up..
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